Onsite wastewater denitrification using a hydrogenotrophic hollow-fiber membrane bioreactor

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 680-686

  Sahu, Ashish K ^a   Sengupta, Sukalyan ^b   Ergas, Sarina J ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hollow fiber membrane bioreactor; Hydrogen; Mass transfer; Onsite wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; FIBERS; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER MODELING; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; RECIRCULATION VELOCITY;

MEMBRANES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENITRIFICATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HOLLOW FIBER REACTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 73349127466     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X370322     Document Type: Article

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